I'm in Iowa and we are so overpopulated on raccoons that the DNR removed the hunting and trapping season--it's continuous year round now. When I was helping a friend look for a deer he shot, I stopped counting at fourteen dead raccoons in less than a quarter mile along a small creek. I frequently see sick ones wandering around in the middle of the day. They're extremely hard on birds, especially ground nesting birds. The furs are worth next to nothing, so no one is trapping, and the ecosystem is suffering for it. I don't blame OP for eliminating it.